I might have mentioned that I miss my old neighborhood and friends, but it was worth the move to be closer to my kids and grands. It was a surprise how much I enjoyed talking with a couple of longtime friends on the phone this past week. Surprising, since I have embraced my inner in...
She loved her family and she was going to be present for her kids and her grandbabies. At every sporting event with a member of my family playing, you could be sure of one thing: In the stands, there was going to be a screaming, proud-as-a-peacock grandmother/mother sitting in the...
“I have come that they might have life, and have it abundantly!”– John 10:10 TLV For Believers, “living yourbest life now” is not found in this world or it’s ways. Our best life is yet to come for an eternity of days. But we can absolutely and most assuredly live our “b...
So again self-discipline, great for doing homework, terrific predictor of GPA, not such a great predictor of are you going to find a blue man group and stay with it, etc. In a follow-up study to this one we investigated why is it that gritty kids are wining the Spelling Bee. So ...
kids might recognize that having perseverance in the face of adversity, setbacks, failures, that is important. And that it’s the combination of those things that I call grit. So it’s this stamina quality, not just being passionate but sustaining that passion for a long time. And these ...
I imagined it would be as I’ve never been a Haunted Mansion or Halloween fan. In fact, I don’t think we’ve ever gone on this ride as a family since I thought it would give my kids nightmares when they were little which in turn would give me mom guilt for the rest of my ...
So again self-discipline, great for doing homework, terrific predictor of GPA, not such a great predictor of are you going to find a blue man group and stay with it, etc. In a follow-up study to this one we investigated why is it that gritty kids are wining the Spelling Bee. So ...